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Because after all we should fit into your life. not the other way around. like many other newly arrived inmates at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, deandre barnes is going through drug withdrawal. >> i told the nurse that i was coming down off of rushes, and about five or six of them a day. and he told me, he was like, use this chance to get clean because its messing up my heart. almost two years.

Fortunately, the crowd is happy to oblige. >> we also got a golf club so you could see the whole perspective looking down. >> as if jumping off the arch isnt enough of a thrill for one day, austin is about to take another leap of faith. with devins cameras rolling, he has a big surprise for his girlfriend, leslie mills. >> she had kind of being asking me repeatedly if and when i was planning on proposing. >> i had been annoying to austin. i kept saying, so when are you going to propose? >> i had...

>> while the road crew assesses the massive damage, the news crew asks themselves the age-old photojournalist question. did we get the shot? >> my big worry was, was it actually rolling? and, you know, i waited a little while before i hit stop. and then i thought, please let this be on camera. please let this be on camera. and i went back and rewound the tape and hit play and there it was. i felt a big sense of relief. got it! >> i knew he had it when he didnt talk to me. he just stood there and...

With a crane. we went in and used rock bolts 15 to 40 feet into the rock face and added bolts to the site to try to stabilize everything. >> while the community is happy that the road is open again, they are also proud. because of the quick thinking and expertise of a road supervisor and a geologist, no one is injured or killed by the rock slide. >> i get some cold sweats from time to time thinking about all the things that could have gone wrong that day. if i had stopped for coffee, taken a lit...

What did she say? and they say she said the mountain is going to come down. i said really? they said, yeah. she said run. >> fairbanks moves to safety, but as a photojournalist, keeps his camera rolling when it looks like nothing is going to happen. >> i just set up the camera and waited. and our reporter, bill mitchell, came up. and he said, you know, we probably ought to get back to the station. i said, yeah, youre probably right. but she looked really convinced. i would hate to leave and then...

Try these delicis phillips fiber good gummies, a good source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are great. my work here is done. phillips. the tasty side of fiber. at any time, in any place -- >> i couldnt believe it, that that was happening. >> -- disaster can happen when mother nature and man collide. from raging floodwaters -- >> she was alone, screaming for help. >> -- to devastating earthquakes. unexpected, extreme and breathtaking moments that reveal the wonder and power of...

Top. tapping. >> only one person tapping around you? >> yeah. >> its more than 40 hours since the quake hit. the search takes on greater urgency. but intermittent aftershocks shake the ground. another collapse could bury the rescuers. using sensitive listening devices, they inch through the enormous maze of concrete and rubble. >> we could see the people going through. >> after what seems like forever, team member inky halker makes contact with a woman whose name he hears as nadya. hello? nadya?...

>> when you get into action like that, time flies. its not just waiting when youre doing. >> but the drilling takes time, and they dont know how much nadya has left. shes been trapped for 48 hours without water and is severely dehydrated. >> nadya, im going to make the hole bigger. little bit bigger, i can give you something to drink. >> finally, the hole is large enough. one of the men crawls in. >> i was like, finally, i could see a human face. >> nadya is in trouble. they must get her down qu...

He and another neighbor throw it across the raging waters. iliar manages to catch the rope. its her only hope of survival. she will almost certainly drown if it breaks. >> translator: daniel was yelling really loud for me to tie the rope, make a really tight knot. >> iliar tries to save at least one of her dogs. >> translator: my greatest anxiety was about my pets. >> its a horrifying scene, and theres know time for second guesses. >> translator: everything was happening so fast. there was no ti...

You are not seeing things. that really is an iron. this is what you get if you cross extreme sports with that ultimate home appliance. it all starts with a man named phil shaw. >> i thought, why not iron outside, rather than inside. my housemate came home and discovered me ironing in the garden and said, what are you doing? >> he has a eureka moment. >> i said, im extreme ironing. we thought, what if we took the ironing to extreme places and did it on the side of a mountain or a river or lake or...